Review paper effectiveness of public rural waterpoints in Bangladesh with special reference to arsenic mitigation

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 545-562

  Ravenscroft, Peter ^a   Kabir, Ahammadul ^a,c   Hakim, Syed Adnan Ibn ^a   Ibrahim, A K M ^b   Ghosh, Sudhir Kumar ^b   Rahman, Md Saifur ^b   Akhter, Firoza ^b   Sattar, Md Abdus ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b DPHE Bhaban ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Contamination; Functionality; Rural water supply; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919832568     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2014.038     Document Type: Review

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